Other useful organisations

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  5. What to do if you are unhappy about the care you have received
  1. Other useful organisations
  2. Meet your cosmetic doctor, physician associate or anaesthesia associate
  3. Rules about advertising cosmetic procedures
  4. Before your first appointment

The Health and Social Care Information Centre has a breast and cosmetic implant registry. This aims to capture data about all breast implant surgery carried out privately and by the NHS and will expand to cover other types of implant in the future. The register helps to make sure patients can be traced in the event of an implant recall.

The Advertising Standards Authority is the UK’s independent regulator of advertising across all media. Its work includes acting on complaints and proactively checking the media to take action against misleading, harmful or offensive advertisements. 

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices such as breast implants, and blood components for transfusion in the UK.

The Private Healthcare Information Network collects and publishes surgical information about independent healthcare to help patients make informed choices.

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